LED + SSL

by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy The 2012 edition of LIGHTFAIR International was [recently held] in Las Vegas, and since the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SSL team was there staffing our booth in support of our SSL educational efforts, we thought we’d share some observations with you. For starters, LED products, which have [...]

The Department of Energy recently hosted the fourth annual Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing R&D Workshop in San Jose, California. With 200 attendees and two days of formal and informal discussion, the workshop share information about manufacturing issues, global manufacturing trends and strategies for improving product quality and reducing costs for lighting products based on LED and [...]

OLED-Info.com has published a great page with videos of demonstrations of OLED lighting products. Check it out here.

Solavanti Lighting’s LED Illuminated Structural Glass is designed for luminous fascia, surface and embed mounting and handrail applications with various finishes.

Hubbell’s Precision Paragon unit recently published the results of a 2011 survey of 2,900 lighting professionals, which found that energy-efficient lighting is a growing market. The survey also discovered that while LED lighting is growing in popularity in relighting projects–with 10.3% of respondents saying it is the predominant light source it intended to specify for [...]

Many LED luminaires are highly integrated products. An alternative approach is to modularize the light source and other components using standardized interfaces, similar to conventional lighting products. The Zhaga Consortium has been working hard on creating these interfaces; the first standards and compliant products are now coming online. EC&M recently published an article about Zhaga’s [...]

GE’s new Visual Comfort Lens diffuses LED directional lamp so that the light “dots” or spots are eliminated. Used in conjunction with GE’s Energy Smart LED Retail PAR30 and PAR38 lights, the lens also contributes to a CRI rating of 92. Click here to learn more about GE’s LED product line.

Guest post by Ted Konnerth, President/CEO of Egret Consulting Group We spent two full days at LightFair; which was larger than in the past, very well-attended and brimming with energy. Several recurring issues really resonated with us as we compared notes on the flight back home. Here’s a summary of the state of the state [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North American (IES) has issued a new document: IES Approved Method for the Characterization of LED Light Engines and LED Lamps for Electrical and Photometric Properties as a Function of Temperature, LM-82-12. The purpose of the document is to establish consistent methods of testing and data presentation for ease of [...]